The government can’t seem to agree on whether or not Prime Minister Hun Sen has lifted the ban on the constitutional right to freedom of assembly. Last week, Mr. Hun Sen said in a speech: “i will not prevent [demonstrations] because everyone has equal rights,” which ...

A would-be tripartite workshop intended to improve the garment sector’s minimum wage setting process closed Friday, with the industry’s most influential player, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), boycotting the talks at Phnom Penh Hotel. The two-day workshop would have been the first meeting between ...

A track of land once farmed by 1,000 families in Kratie province — families violently evicted amid claims they were part of a separatist movement — is now home to a military base. Unit 9 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces base, which will be finished later this ...

Photo Credit: Emanuel Feld (CC BY-SA) A dozen young Cambodians and expatriates gathered in a ground floor meeting space off of Wat Bottum Park in the morning of April 20, 2014. After a round of introductions and snacks, laptops were opened and participants began the task of translating the ...

In Phnom Penh on 21 October 2020, Open Development CambodIa (ODC) conducted a workshop on the legal and regulatory archIves of Open Development CambodIa. The workshop aImed to Improve the user experIence of ODC’s “Legal documents” sectIon.Workshop, partIcIpants came from varyIng backgrounds. Some were from ...

The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to the United Nations in Geneva shot back at the UN human rights office (OHCHR) yesterday for criticising what it characterised as the Kingdom’s deteriorating political climate, claiming the criticism was “unverified” and “politically motivated”. // //   ...

The Cambodia Daily yesterday said it was under “siege” and continued to call the government’s targeting of the newspaper an attack on press freedom, as five radio station owners that had been ordered to shut stop attempted to resume their services. // //   ...

Illegal loggIng of staggerIng proportIons abetted by mIlItary personnel Is decImatIng stocks of luxury rosewood In the Central Cardamom Protected Forest, whIle the conversatIon group tasked wIth protectIng the area and Its government counterparts deny the trade Is even happenIng. In a perIod of several hours ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and neighbouring Vietnam rose more than 10 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, data from the Vietnam Embassy in Phnom Penh showed. Officials said cross-border trade facilitation by both countries significantly contributed to the growth. But they said ...

King Norodom Sihamoni used a speech during celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Cambodia’s independence from France on Saturday to call for unity amid growing concerns over the long-term harmony of the nation since July’s disputed national election. Government officials, military officers and foreign diplomats turned ...

Phnom Penh’s growing importance as a business destination has brought with it many opportunities and infused the market with a growing sense of ambition. Few developments embody this new ambition better than Vattanac Capital Tower, which will throw open its doors this spring. “Cambodia’s seen nothing ...

Singapore Banking Corporation Ltd. (SBC Bank), a leading commercial bank in Cambodia, signed a memorandum of understanding with JCB international Co., Ltd. (JCBi), the international operations subsidiary of JCB, for the issuance of JCB cards in Cambodia. A ceremony to commemorate the milestone moment was held ...

Two days after the killing of an unarmed man near Phnom Penh’s Monivong Bridge, officials on Tuesday offered little information on the progress of an investigation into the killing, and rights workers expressed concerns that the inquiry would lack credibility. King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother ...

SAMBOR DISTRICT, KratIe ProvInce – A sharply dressed usher In a crIsp black shIrt, black pants and a shIny black tIe escorted guests to one of several bungalow-style, prIvate booths at the Mloub Dong restaurant on a recent evenIng. WhIle the prIvacy the restaurant offers Is ...

There were ugly scenes on Friday at Phnom Penh’s hill-temple Wat Phnom when district security guards scuffled, shouted abuse and punched a group of mostly women and monks who had gathered to hold a memorial ceremony for Mao Sok Chan—the 29-year-old man shot dead by ...

With a major opposition rally planned for this afternoon in Phnom Penh, City Hall and Ministry of interior officials were at odds with CNRP leaders on Sunday over how many people would be allowed to attend the event. Though the interior Ministry has said only 6,000 ...

Since her husband was arrested in June and thrown in provincial prison to await trial, Soam Chantha, 32, has given birth to a baby boy. At the same time the men have been locked up, police have failed to arrest former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith, ...

Residents of Phnom Penh on Wednesday expressed boredom and disbelief as Prime Minister Hun Sen passed his previous record-breaking five-hour speech on border demarcation last year with a more than six-hour-long monologue on government reforms he says are planned. Evoking images of elaborate self-criticism sessions the ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday threatened to release an audio recording in which opposition leader Sam Rainsy purportedly acknowledged a ruling party election victory during a meeting between the two leaders aimed at ending a political deadlock. Sam Rainsy’s Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) ...

Following a complaint from the Free Trade Union (FTU) over the Ministry of Labor’s refusal to register 10 local branches of its organization, a ministry official said Wednesday that the constitutional right to freedom of association has been suspended until a new trade union law ...